Bahaya Surname
Approximately 1,950 people bear this surname
Bahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,142 | 1:64,693 | 7,626 |
| Philippines | 371 | 1:272,879 | 39,888 |
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Mauritania | 68 | 1:60,219 | 4,226 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bahaya (439) may also be a first name.
Bahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bahaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺤﻴﻪ, Hindi: बहाया, Marathi: बहया, Oriya: ବାହାୟା) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 211,466th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,737,203 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Bahaya reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 409,203rd most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 439 people.
Bahaya is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,142 people, or 1 in 64,693. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 26 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାହାୟା | bahaya | - |
| Bahaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बहया | bahaya | 97.53 |
| बाहया | bahaya | 2.47 |
| Bahaya in the Hindi language | ||
| बहाया | bahaya | 33.33 |
| बहया | bahaya | 33.33 |
| बाहया | bahaya | 33.33 |
| Bahaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺤﻴﻪ | abhyh | 30 |
| ﺑﺤﻴﻪ | bhyh | 20 |
| ﺍﺑﺤﻲ | abhy | 13.33 |
| ﺑﺤﻲ | bhy | 13.33 |
| ﺑﻬﻴﻪ | bhyh | 10 |
| ﺃﺑﺤﻴﻪ | abhyh | 3.33 |
| ﺑﺤﺎﻱ | bhay | 3.33 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻴﻪ | abhyh | 3.33 |
| ﺑﻬﺎﻱ | bhay | 3.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bahaya
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